BAM 548[via asbp/ninmed]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1o 1 | [DIŠ NA su-a]-⸢lam GIG ana ša₂-ḫa⸣-ṭi u₂EME ⸢UR.GI₇ SIG₇⸣ [tu-ḫas₂-sa₃] | (o 1) [If a person] is sick with mucus (suālu): in order to remove it: [you squeeze] out fresh-green 'dog tongue's plant,' [you press (its juice) into pursītu-vessel?] You add crushed (var. roasted) |
| o 22 | ||
| o 33 | [lu ina? KA?]-šu₂ lu ina DUR₂-šu₂ i-šaḫ-ḫa-ṭa-⸢am⸣-[ma TI-uṭ] | |
| o 44 | (o 4) [Alternatively:] his tongue will take water and oil, he shall continuously drink it. | |
| o 55 | [x ZA₃].ḪI.LI ṭe₄-ne-ti₃ GAZIsar pa-ʾ-[ṣu₂-ti₃] | (o 5) [Alternatively:] you make an infusion with ground cress(sahlû) and pulverised mustard(kasû). He eats it with oil and honey (and) drinks pork meat broth. [You cover him with a cloth.] |
| o 66 | [GIN₇ ra]-⸢bi⸣-ki tara-bak ina I₃+GIŠ u LAL₃ GU₇ A UZU ⸢ŠAḪ⸣ [NAG] | |
| o 77 | [x x]-šu₂ IZI ana IGI-šu₂ ta-šar₂-rap ina DUR₂-šu₂ u₂-šeš-še-⸢ra⸣-[am-ma TI] | |
| o 88 | [DIŠ] ⸢NA⸣ su-a-lam GIG u₂EME.UR.GI₇ SIG₇-su GIN₇ LU.⸢UB₂⸣[sar ŠEG₆.GA₂] | (o 8) [If] a person is sick with mucus (suālu): [you boil] fresh-green 'dog tongue's plant,' like (you boil) turnips(laptu). You mix it with sweet milk and filtered oil. He will drink it without dining and [will get better]. |
| o 99 | ||
| o 1010 | [ana] ⸢KI⸣.MIN NUMUN gišGI.ZU₂.LUM.MA ḪAD₂.RA₂ ta-sak₃ ina A GAZI⸢sar⸣ [sek-ru-te] | (o 10) Alternatively: you pound seeds of dried buṣinnu-plant, he drinks it in [warmed], boiling sap of mustard(kasû) without dining, he will vomit and [get better]. |
| o 1111 | ⸢ba⸣-aḫ-ru-te NU pa-tan NAG-ma i-ar₂-ru₃-ma [TI] | |
| o 1212 | ⸢ana⸣ KI.MIN LAG MUN me₅-sal-lim ina KA-šu₂ GAR-ma u₂-ma-raq A-šu ⸢u₂⸣-[al-lat] | (o 12) Alternatively: you place a lump of emēsallu-salt in his mouth, he chews it (and) swallows its liquuid. He drinks thick pork-meat broth. He (then) drinks beer and honey. You keep on repeating (this therapy) [on him] for three days [and he will get better]. |
| o 1313 | ⸢A⸣ UZU ŠAḪ kab-ru-te NAG KAŠ LAL₃ NAG U₄ 3(DIŠ).KAM₂ GUR.[GUR-šum-ma TI] | |
| o 1414 | ana KI.MIN U₂ BABBAR ina KAŠ.SAG LAL₃ I₃ ḫal-ṣi GAZ NU pa-⸢tan⸣ [EME-šu₂ DAB-bat] | (o 14) Alternatively: you crush white plant in premium beer, honey and filtered oil (= an infusion). Without dining [his tongue will take (it)]. You make him drink beer and boiling honey. You let him vomit with a feather [and] afterwards he shall eat (the infusion) with honey an ghee. [He shall (also) drink] sweet wine [and will get better]. |
| o 1515 | ||
| o 1616 | ⸢EGIR⸣-šu ra-bi-ki KI LAL₃ u I₃.NUN GU₇ GEŠTIN ⸢DU₁₀⸣.[GA NAG-ma TI] | |
| o 1717 | (o 17) If a person is seized by mucus (suālu). You dry up and grind the tiny bit [within a shell. He shall drink] it in filtered oil (var. oil and beer), [and he will get better]. | |
| o 1818 | ||
| o 1919 | (o 19) Alternatively: [you pound] with a pestle kalguqqu-mineral, cedar, ballukku-aromatic, [seeds of šurdunû-plant], sweet reed, groats, cress(sahlû), atāʾišu-plant, juniper(burāšu), [kammantu-mushroom, resin of baluhhu-aromatic ... in] fat from the kidney of a male sheep [...] you take glowing-red charcoal [...] | |
| o 2020 | ⸢GI DU₁₀.GA ZI₃⸣.KUM ZA₃.ḪI.LI geš⸢KUR.KUR⸣ gešLI [u₂AB₂.DUḪ ILLU šimBULUḪ] | |
| o 2121 | ||
| o 2222 | x [x x] x UDUB₃ TI-⸢qe₂⸣ [...] | |
| o 2323 | [x x x x] GAD AB₂ giSAG.⸢KUD⸣ [...] | (o 23) [...] ... of a cow [you place] a reed-straw into it [... and] he will suck it into his mouth [...] |
| o 2424 | ||
| Reverse | ||
| r 1'r 1' | ||
| r 2'2' | DIŠ NA su-a-⸢lam⸣ [...] | (r 2') If a person [is sick] with mucus (suālu): [you pound white plant. He shall drink it] in filtered oil, [without dining, and he will get better.] |
| r 3'3' | ||
| r 4'4' | DIŠ KI.MIN u₂NU.LUḪ.ḪA ⸢u₂⸣[...] | (r 4') Alternatively: [you pound] asafoetida(nuhurtu), [... -plant. He shall drink in in wine] without dining [and will get better.] |
| r 5'5' | ||
| r 6'6' | (r 6') If he (the patient) cannot see improvement: [you set up] a bronze diqāru-vessel. You crush in it? [...] and mint(ninû). You grind and sift licorice(šūšu) root [...], antahšu-plant and kukru-plant. You add into it oil [...] beer and ghee. [You bore a hole] into a big pursītu-vessel. [You close] it with emmer dough all around. You boil it over a fire. You place a reed straw. [He sucks it into his mouth boiling-hot, and it will crush] into his lungs, [and he will get better]. | |
| r 7'7' | ||
| r 8'8' | u₂an-taḫ-ši šimGUR₂.GUR₂ ARA₃-en SIM I₃+⸢GIŠ⸣ [...] | |
| r 9'9' | ||
| r 10'10' | A₂.MEŠ ša₂ ina NIG₂.SILA₁₁.GA₂ AŠ₂.A.AN [...] | |
| r 11'11' | ||
| r 12'12' | a-na MUR.⸢MIN?⸣-šu₂ [...] | |
| r 13'13' | (r 13') Fifth tablet of (the treatise) 'If person's nose breathing [is difficult']. | |
| r 14'14' | (r 14') If a person suffers from mucus (suʾālu), hahhu-cough and constriction (of the lungs) [...] in prime-quality beer without dining [...]. | |
| r 15'15' | ||
| (colophon) | ||
| r 16'16' | (r 16') Ashurbanipal, great king, mighty king, king [...] | |
| r 17'17' | [x] x MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šurki DUMU dišaš-⸢šur⸣-[A₂.SUM ...] | (r 17') [...] king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Esarhaddon [...] |
| r 18'18' | (r 18') According to tablets and writing boards [...] | |
| r 19'19' | [ṭup-pu šu]-⸢a⸣-tu ina tap-ḫur-ti um-ma-⸢a⸣-[ni ...] | |
| r 20'20' | (r 20') [and placed it in my palace] for my royal consultation. | |
| r 21'21' | (r 21') Whoever erases [my name and writes] his own, | |
| r 22'22' | (r 22') may [Nabu, scribe] of everything, [erase his] name! |
1 haš-la-a-ti glossed with : qa-lu-ti
2 At the beginning of the line , probably read TUG₂ DUL-šu₂ according to IM 202652 i 9 , also šu₂ and rest of DUL visible in BAM548.
Created by Strahil Panayotov for the project "Introducing Assyrian Medicine: Healthcare Fit for a King" (NinMed), funded by the Wellcome Research Resources Grant, 2020-2023. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/asbp/ninmed/P395058.